{"id":2788,"date":"2011-07-02T08:44:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T12:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2011-07-02T08:49:58","modified_gmt":"2011-07-02T12:49:58","slug":"heres-your-fathers-day-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/02\/heres-your-fathers-day-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s Your “Father’s Day”, Dad*"},"content":{"rendered":"

My dad had a concern, after the recent posts of his outbursts<\/a> and witticisms<\/a>, that readers might get the impression that he was a…what did he call it?…“a doddering old fool”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why would anyone think that<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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My dad's idea of a clothesline. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Smurf-blue deck paint, also his idea.<\/p>\n

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Yep, that's his underpants. And a sock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And yes, he is half-deaf and has only nine toes, so his balance is a little off and he falls down a lot, but my dad is also a genius. I just didn’t include the stuff he said about the devaluation of the American dollar or his comparison between Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War<\/em> and our country’s current presence in the Middle East because DIURETIC DAY is so much more entertaining.<\/p>\n

In addition to being a genius, my dad’s a badass. For posterity’s sake, I will catalog a few of the ways he has filled up this arbitrary existence we call life:<\/p>\n